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Geology and Geography in a third; and that of Natural History 
and Physiology in a fourth. The Committees of these sciences 
will transact their own especial business, and hold their con¬ 
sultations, from ten to eleven in the Morning ; and in the in¬ 
terval from eleven to one, Sectional Meetings of the whole body 
will he held, at which there will be read, before such Members 
of the Association as choose to assemble in any of the rooms, 
by the Secretary of each Committee, the papers which he has 
received on the subjects included under its denomination. 
At one p.m. the Meeting will daily adjourn to this Theatre ; and 
here the Reports on the state and progress of different sciences 
will be read, which have been drawn up atthe requestofthe Asso¬ 
ciation. In the evening, at nine o’clock, the Sectional readings 
will be resumed in the Clarendon Buildings, except on Thurs¬ 
day and Saturday, when Lectures will be delivered in the Music- 
room on the late discoveries in Magnetism, and on Chemical 
and Geological subjects. Thus, Gentlemen, we hope to conduct 
the multifarious business of the Meeting, so as to accomplish 
three objects : first, to lay before the whole assembly the 
general views of the condition of science, to which it is desirable 
to invite the attention of all; secondly, to enable every one to 
listen to, and to join in, those scientific details in which he may 
be more particularly interested ; and thirdly, to give instruction 
of a more popular nature, to a more miscellaneous audience. 
On Thursday morning, the University of Oxford will avail itself 
of the present opportunity to express the deep respect which 
it entertains for the improvers of science, by conferring on four 
Members of the Association, of preeminent celebrity in different 
branches of Philosophy, the highest distinction which it has the 
power to bestow; and when the ceremonial is concluded, in the 
afternoon of the same day, I would beg leave to offer to any of 
the Members who will do me the honour of accompanying me 
on an equestrian excursion, such familiar illustrations of Geo¬ 
logy as the country round Oxford is able to afford.” 
Dr. Buckland then proceeded, after stating the arrangements 
which had been made for the personal accommodation and 
hospitable reception of the Meeting*, to call upon Professor 
Airy for his Report on the recent progress of practical and 
* On Tuesday a public dinner was given to the Association by its Oxford 
Members, in the Hall of New College, granted for that purpose by the Warden 
and Fellows. On Wednesday Morning a public breakfast was given to it by the 
Vice-Chancellor, the Rev. Dr. Jones, in the Hall of Exeter College. Ordinaries, 
at five shillings a-head, were provided daily, to which venison was contributed 
by the Archbishop of York and the Duke of Buckingham. Refreshments were 
furnished to the Evening Meetings in the Clarendon Buildings, at the expense 
of the Oxford Members of the Association. 
